Saturday, October 20, 2012

• • •Evolutionary Anthropology to Ayn Rand: You FailAnnalee Newitz, io9Altruism|Atlas Shrugged|Egoism|Image|Over at Slate, evolutionary anthropologist Eric Michael Johnson has a fascinating essay about what science has to say about Ayn Rand’s theories of human nature. After immersing himself in Rand’s work, Johnson set out to uncover what researchers in the field of evolutionary anthropology had discovered about human selfishness and altruism. The result is a thoughtful analysis of how Rand’s famous libertarian hero John Galt would have fared during the Pleistocene, a period when human society was in its infancy.Published: 2012-10-09